Tener Present Tense

The present tense of the Spanish verb tener is one of those tenses that is an absolute necessity to know well. Tener present tense formation combine two common forms of irregular verb structure.

Firstly it is known as a ‘go’ irregular which is the name given to Spanish irregular verbs that end in -go in the first person singular of the present tense and…secondly, it is an ‘e’ to ‘ie’ verb, which means that the e in the stem of the verb changes to ‘ie’ in the second and third person singular and third person plural.

If that sounds a little confusing do not worry as the conjugation table below shows these irregularities of tener present tense very clearly.

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